Khan

MEMORANDUM **

Haris Khan, a native and citizen of Pakistan, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision affirming the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of the application for asylum and withholding of removal and for relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence, Thomas v. Ashcroft, 359 F.3d 1169, 1174 (9th Cir.2004) and will reverse the BIA’s determination only if the petitioner shows that the evidence compels such a result. INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 483-84 , 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992). We deny the petition.

Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s decision that Khan did not suffer past persecution or have a well-founded fear of future persecution. Even assuming that Khan was credible, he testified that the police arrested him twice and never told him why they arrested him. Because Khan testified that he did not know why he was arrested, and that the police may have arrested him to extort money from him, Khan failed to present evidence so compelling as to require the conclusion that he was persecuted on account of an enumerated ground. See…